Dr Ira van der Steenstraten

Dr Ira van der Steenstraten was born in The Netherlands where she trained as a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and family/systems therapist. She has over 30 years of professional experience and worked in a variety of medical and therapeutic settings as a consultant psychiatrist.
 
Currently working as a Life Coach, Ira is the founder and director of Breeze Life Coaching (www.breezelifecoaching.com), which specializes in the prevention and early intervention of mental health problems. She is an internationally recognised and invited speaker that has developed several innovative Mindfulness, Resilience and Wellbeing programs for both adults and children.
Ira is passionate about helping people to improve their health and wellbeing and has a special interest in healthcare workers’ wellbeing. She is the President of the Queensland Medical Women’s Society (QMWS), has a position on the management committee of Doctors’ Health in Queensland (DHQ) and was commissioned by the Australian Medical Association Queensland (AMAQ) to create and present the highly regarded “Resilience on the Run” and “Wellbeing at Work” programs. Funding from Queensland Health has made these programs available to all interns in Queensland since 2017 and Ira has worked with over 4000 interns to date. Resilience on the Run has received the AMA 2018 “Best Public Health Initiative” award.